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since nineteen thirty eight NTEU has been successfully representing
federal employees
and today represents one hundred fifty thousand federal employees in thirty one
agencies
we have accomplished more than i thought possible
we had gotten up by working together
significant
accomplishments
something that are
really think it was like this
alternate work schedule
and also flexible workplace you know it really helps employees
with their family obligations to be able to work their schedules
and if NTEU wasn't a friend to me we wouldn't have
partial subsidizing the public transportation care about the case
in flexible spending account
was made available to federal
employees directly accountable to NTEU
new benefits are often achieved through NTEU negotiated contracts
which are comprehensive and provide federal employees with enhanced
protections and benefits
do you think you have flexible work hours or telework because management
wanted you to have it?
now everything you see in this building we got because of NTEU and our
ability to
represent
effectively represent our members for the things and issues that they care
about
NTEU not only negotiates the best contracts in the federal sectors
We enforce our contracts to protect the rights of employees
We've got dozens and dozens
of full time
professionals from a national staff many of them attorneys
who spend most of their working life enforcing our agreements
enforcing law,
regulation
trying to figure out if the law or the contract or the regulations
don't help us today what changed do we need in them
going forward?
We're there for people
when they could have priority to respond quickly and to help in any way we can
you know we can handle the issue informally just by talking to management or we
can file a formal grievance
we can take the case arbitration if it doesn't get results to the grievance
process
there there's just so many things we can do to help employees out
NTEU make sure employees are treated fairly
in all aspects of their work life
when we can move in
and protect
an employee's rights and improve their lives improve the lives of their family
members how that's the thing that makes me the most part
NTEU helps new employees complete their probationary here
and move on to successful careers
this is how we come together
to preserve
our rights to preserve what's fair and equal to us and to be treated with dignity
and respect
which is what NTEU stands by. NTEU has willing to go to court
and willing to fight
on these issues that are very important to the federal workers
court victories by NTEU
have provided new protections and have improved the quality of our
workplaces
In a hostile political environment
NTEU is fighting to protect federal employees jobs, pay
and benefits. Everything about the workplace of a federal employee
is decided by those who are elected
what the agency staffing levels of the but the agency funding will be what federal
pay will be
what retirement benefits
will be and what your contributions to that retirement will be
what FEHB health insurance would be
whether you have collective bargaining rights
represented by
who will do the work of the federal government?
Will it be contractor or federal employees
every one of those
things are decided by those who are elected
((Announcer))at NTEU annual legislative conference
hundreds of n t e u members come to washington d_c_
to educate congress on the issues affecting federal employees.
we're just tired of being the scapegoats we're tired of being the
ones that
okay we have to have cutbacks ok let's go after the federal workers
NTEU works to ensure affordable health care for federal employees and
their families
for many people
they see the accomplishments that NTEU
Has made on a national level as well as the local level and they found themselves gravitating to the
Union as a way to feel
safe about their future
NTEU has a finger on
on the pulse of legislation
as soon as something that isn't produced we get emails before it hits
papers we know about it and we know what NTEU is doing about it
so i really feel like a sense of
like i know they have my back on this and the backs of the federal workers
((Announcer))) NTEU rally support for federal employees in congress.
We're in this together
I want everyone
of people you work with them that are not
a part of the Union; I want them to join up but I want them to participate in saying,
We are Federal Employees, we work hard
we deserve to be respected
we deserve to be compensated in a proper way so we can support our families.
That's what you need to tell them. We just want to let congress and the senate know that we are engaged
in their activity and we do care what they do on our behalf or against us
We are voters and
we're very concerned with the democratic
I am a customs and border protection officer
and my job is to keep my country safe. ((Announcer)) NTEU is educating the public about the
critical role federal employees play in our society. (banking system misstatements)
You know if we don't
tell our story not only do we suffer from which we would as federal employees
but the job suffers that we are supposed to be doing for the american
people
i'd join the union because it was clear to me
that the union representing
the interests of the federal employees
uh... in that
only the union
could make our lives better
uh... and protect our rights
and actually make our agencies more efficient in providing services that
they provide
in meeting their missions
((Announcer))NTEU works not only to increase your pay
but also to protect your federal career
NTEU successfully reversed policies that aimed to contract out thousands of
federal jobs
NTEU works to ensure that agencies are funded and fully staffed
to provide the services to accomplish their missions.
NTEU is our voice
effecting positive change for us
We've been successful
in the workplace
we've been successful at the bargaining table
been successful in arbitrations we've been successful on the hill
and we've been successful in the media getting our message across as we uh...
represented federal employees ability
in the past few years
I cannot imagine a federal worklife without NTEU
they protect my rights NTEU protects my benefits
and she thinks that future
I have never known
a federal life without NTEU and do not ever care to
What I tell people
uh... this is as important if not more important on the first day to sign up as
your life insurance, TSP and everything else this is your work
insurance, i heard that one somewhere on a video
and it really resonated with me, somebody in this job, this
bureaucracy to cover your back. ((Announcer)) When you join NTEU
you strengthen your voice
your rights and your benefits as a federal employee. You should join because
we're there to represent your needs
what you want in the workplace we're there to protect you
and the larger we are the more members we have
the more protection we can offer.
it's really important to join NTEU
shows that their support for the union Demonstrates to management that uh...
they're willing to put their dues on the line
for the benefit in the support of the union
I think there's a false
understanding out there that I don't have to pay for it cause I get it anyway.
the fact is if everybody has attitude nobody will get it.
nobody will get the benefits that we worked seventy-plus years to get
and every year we fight to keep those rights.
If people aren't paying dues
then the union can't actually afford
to make those improvements in their lives. So it is really important that people join and
help out in those efforts. It costs money to fight
and we have a lot of fights ahead of us and we need to
on be prepared. If we could get
every
federal worker
to join the union
we could move mountains. Any federal worker cannot do it alone.
One person
can't change a workplace only working together can people make a difference
and NTEU helps people do that
I'm from Boston Massachusetts where the American revolution took place
Benjamin Franklin once said," We must all hang together or surely
we'll hang separately."
and NTEU
embodies that statement
NTEU is there to fight
for everyone
no matter if it takes one year takes ten years
fight to the finish to get you what you deserve. We need every federal employee to
become a part of NTEU,
we need you to stand with us
We need you to add your voice to ours to ensure that our voice is as strong and as
effective as possible in the ports,
at the bargaining table, in the workplace
on capitol hill
everywhere!
We need to address issues on behalf
federal workers.